Dragon Ball Actor Daisuke Gouri Passes Away

Naslov: Dragon Ball Actor Daisuke Gouri Passes Away Pon Jun 07, 2010 3:43 pm

ANN ::: The Tokyo Shimbun paper reports that Daisuke Gouri, the voice actor best known for playing Robin Mask in the Kinnikuman television anime series as well as Umigame and Mr. Satan in the Dragon Ball franchise, has passed away in Tokyo on Sunday. He was 57. The actor, whose real name was Yoshio Nagahori, also played Dozle Zabi and Bask Om in the Gundam franchise, Hiromi Yamazaki in Patlabor, Heihachi Mishima in Tekken, Edge Master in the Soul Calibur videogame, and the Japanese Yosemite Sam in Looney Tunes.

The newspaper reports that Gouri was discovered, with blood dripping from his wrist, by a passerby on a street in Nakano ward. Police officers at Nakano station are investigating his death as a possible suicide. According to the authorities, Gouri apparently collapsed face-down onto the street at about 3:00 p.m. The Yomiuri Shimbun paper adds that a knife was found under him along with a last will nearby.

Sankaku Complex ::: Seiyuu Daisuke G?ri Commits Suicide
Legendary seiyuu Daisuke G?ri (????) has died under circumstances police consider likely to be suicide. He was 57.
According to police and witnesses, he was found dead on his back on a Nakano Ward street in Tokyo at 3PM.
He had apparently slit his wrists. A knife was found underneath the body, and police also recovered a note; they are treating the death as a suicide.
G?ri, born 1952, was known for hundreds of voice acting roles in anime, movies and games, notably Gundam, Fist of the North Star, Kinniku Man and Dragonball Z. Some of his most recent roles were in One Piece, Doraemon and Slayers; he was active throughout 2009.